Chapter 200: On the Possibility of Mating.
Under the provocation of the Extinction Dragon, Jié Jié silently transformed into an Extinction Dragon.
The Extinction Dragons stared at each other. The brave warrior challenging the calamity roared provocatively, then lost their voice.
She glanced at the storm dispersing and looked again at Jié Jié who was quietly watching her, confusion filling her gaze.
But soon, ferocity surged up, swallowing the brief confusion.
She pounced on Jié Jié, and thus the two Extinction Dragons were locked in a fierce struggle.
Precise strikes met chaotic attacks; aside from a slight advantage in technique, Jié Jié also had advantages in strength and defense, often taking the upper hand during the struggle.
He tried to lock the Extinction Dragon’s claws with his own using an eight-finger interlock, but was broken free several times, even getting slapped on the head a few times.
Subduing someone is harder than trying to kill them. Fortunately, he had more stamina than a regular Extinction Dragon.
In the constant struggle, one of his claws successfully grabbed her fist, locking it in an eight-finger interlock to prevent her from exerting force, while the other claw firmly stepped on her shoulder.
His stamina was gradually being consumed. Compared to the fervor of attempting to hunt ancient dragons, this fight lacked passion. It seemed that there wasn’t a tradition of deadly combat among Extinction Dragons.
Perhaps due to his lack of strong aggressiveness, the intensity of the battle was insufficient, making it difficult for the Extinction Dragon’s characteristic of growing stronger as they fought to manifest.
With both forelimbs locked, she attempted to ram him with her head, but her short neck made this strategy fail, making her movements look quite comical.
“Ho ho ho ho.”
Jié Jié couldn’t help but let out a somewhat harsh laugh, pressing his head down to stare into her eyes, closely observing the Extinction Dragon from such close range.
Smooth black scales, powerful jaw muscles, black vertical pupils surrounded by yellow sclera, a pair of huge horns with black tips.
It was truly a masterpiece of nature.
Jié Jié’s tail involuntarily tapped against the Extinction Dragon’s tail beneath him, lightly rubbing against its middle section as it swung, trying to entangle it.
Unfortunately, as creatures that reproduce asexually through spines, Extinction Dragons lacked the relevant organs or understanding.
The closest behavior to “love” or mating for Extinction Dragons was killing each other, inserting their spines into the body of the other to use their nutrients to reproduce offspring.
But between two Extinction Dragons, after one dies, her own spines might absorb the mother’s nutrients to regenerate a new Extinction Dragon.
Whether the new Extinction Dragon would be Jié Jié’s offspring or hers was hard to say, but since their birth was related to both of them, considering them as the crystallization of both parties wasn’t unreasonable.
During the brief time of subduing the Extinction Dragon, Jié Jié’s brain began brainstorming, speculating on reasonable ways for Extinction Dragons to mate.
Similar to mantises, one side needs to serve as nutrition.
Being suppressed by a member of the same species and mocked, the Extinction Dragon felt particularly humiliated, causing her vertical pupils to almost spout fire. Her already ferocious nature moved closer to going berserk.
Stimulated by anger, Jié Jié could feel his suppression trembling, his tightly gripped claws feeling like they were about to be crushed.
Before being flipped over, he tentatively licked the Extinction Dragon’s horn with his tongue.
No taste at all ——
In this reflection, Jié Jié was violently thrown off.
Rolling with the motion, he dodged the Extinction Dragon’s downward press as she stood upright, roaring back at her as he rose.
After a series of roars, realizing she wouldn’t gain any advantage from this fellow clan member, the Extinction Dragon flew into the sky.
After the battle, she was also a bit hungry. Before leaving, she rushed toward the Fire Dragons circling in the air, intending to capture one for a snack.
The Fire Dragons, having learned to observe during life in the Dragon Crystal Land, no longer participated in battles they couldn’t join. Seeing the Extinction Dragon coming, they scattered and roared.
“Hoang!!”
Seeing the Extinction Dragon targeting his young ones as blood bags, Jié Jié roared angrily and also soared into the sky, colliding with her with greater agility and blocking her path.
If they were to compete in the air, the Extinction Dragon was no match for him. After being shot down multiple times, she chose to fly away.
He watched the Extinction Dragon’s silhouette disappear into the distance, flapping his wings repeatedly in the air as he thought.
If he really wanted to try raising a baby Extinction Dragon, could he twist her nature so she wouldn’t be so ferocious?
Jié Jié looked around at the surrounding Fire Dragons, seeing them mockingly roar in the direction the Extinction Dragon had left.
It was hard to change one’s nature; it was unlikely for her not to be ferocious, but at least he should try to make sure she didn’t bare her teeth at him.
There would be opportunities to try.
After confirming that the Steel Dragon wouldn’t arrive, Jié Jié led the Fire Dragons back underground from the mountainous region into the Dragon Crystal Land.
The underground was rich with numerous veins of ore, and the diet of monsters in the Dragon Crystal Land often included ore, so the activity of monsters underground was far more frequent than on the surface.
There might even be a Flame King Dragon’s nest in the Lava Field.
Of course, part of the reason was that Jié Jié wanted to eat some Grilled Assault Dragon steaks.
This group of Assault Dragons seemed different from the ones they encountered before.
They were surrounded by the Odd-Faced Tribe, these beastmen dancing rather noisily around the Assault Dragon herd.
Several Odd-Faced Tribe warriors were fighting the Assault Dragons within the circle, swinging their weapons.
They climbed onto the backs of the Assault Dragons during the battle, tightly gripping their fur to avoid being thrown off, occasionally striking their heads when the Assault Dragons were tired.
These Odd-Faced Tribe members seemed to be taming the Assault Dragons as mounts, but this process ended when the lookout noticed them.
“Wa wa wa la!”
Facing multiple large flying dragons in the air, the Odd-Faced Tribe fearlessly raised their weapons.
Fireworks shot out from what looked like rocket launchers in their hands, though their aim seemed poor, as only a few actually hit them.
Jié Jié remembered, those were called Rapid Fire Blasters.
The noisy sounds and attacks of the Odd-Faced Tribe angered the Fire Dragons, who swooped down and started driving them away along with the Assault Dragons using their claws and tails.
Jié Jié didn’t stop them but observed from the air.
He had always had a small doubt about the capabilities of the Odd-Faced Tribe.
Although the Odd-Faced Tribe were fleeing everywhere, their numbers were increasing.
Careful observation revealed that many Odd-Faced Tribe members ran out from cracks and caves as their sentinels shouted holding totems.
The fleeing Odd-Faced Tribe quickly dug into the ground to escape and regrouped under the command of the sentinels. Normally disorganized, the Odd-Faced Tribe formed ranks and fired their Rapid Fire Blasters at the Fire Dragons again.
Their shooting became coordinated under command and they consciously began focusing their firepower on the female Fire Dragons among the pots and pans.
The Rapid Fire Blasters of the Odd-Faced Tribe could fire continuously, with dense barrages concentrated on the wings of Face Basin.
